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Christmas time Will Soon Be Over
Traditional Old-Time, Gospel
ARTIST: Fiddlin' John Carson And His Virginia Reelers; Okeh 45273; Issued November 1928
CATEGORY: Public Domain and Traditional Gospel;
DATE: 1800’s;
RECORDING INFO: Fiddlin' John Carson And His Virginia Reelers; Okeh 45273; Issued November 1928; County 514 cut# 10, Fiddlin' John Carson and the Virginia Reelers- "Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" (originally recorded 1927). Victor Vi45273 (78 RPM), Fiddling John Carson and the Virginia Reelers (1927).
Christmas Time's A Coming Recordings: Fahey, John. Popular Songs of Christmas and New Years, Varrick VR-012, Cas (197?), cut# 5a; Sparks, Larry; and the Lonesome Ramblers. Christmas Time Back Home, Rebel REB 1600, LP (1980), cut# 2;
OTHER NAMES: A bluegrass song derivative of John Carson's is fiddler Tex Logan's rewri"Christmas Time's a-Comin'"
SOURCES: Fiddlin' John Carson and Earl Johnson (Kuntz, Phillips). Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 312. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 51; Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc;
NOTES: "A Major ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard, AEAE or ADAE. AAB. A bluegrass song derivative of John Carson's is fiddler Tex Logan's "Christmas Time's a-Comin'", although the chorus seems based on the 'B' part of "Mississippi Sawyer."
The lyrics, although not particularly religious, are based on the chorus of the old "Join the Band" spirituals:
I Hope I’ll Join the Band- John Work 1915
Ride up in the chariot,
Soon-a in the morning,
Ride up in the chariot,
Soon-a in the morning,
Ride up in the chariot,
Soon-a in the morning,
And I hope I’ll join the band.
Refrain:
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me,
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me,
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me,
And I hope I’ll join the band.
CHRISTMAS TIME WILL SOON BE OVER- Fiddlin' John Carson 1927
Christmas time will soon be over,
Christmas time will soon be over,
Christmas time will soon be over
Then we'll join the band.
Come on gals, let’s go up the river,
Come on gals, let’s go up the river,
Come on gals, let’s go up the river,
Then we'll join the band.
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